synovial joints of pectoral girdle

synovial joints of pectoral girdle

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the synovial joints uniting the manubrium of the sternum, clavicle, and scapula, specifically the sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints.
Synonym(s): articulationes cinguli membri superioris ☆ , articulationes cinguli pectoralis ☆ , synovial joints of shoulder girdle ☆
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The ingenuous Alice gazed at his free air and proud carriage, as she would have looked upon some precious relic of the Grecian chisel, to which life had been imparted by the intervention of a miracle; while Heyward, though accustomed to see the perfection of form which abounds among the uncorrupted natives, openly expressed his admiration at such an unblemished specimen of the noblest proportions of man.
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